In the Local Shelter Plan for Iloilo City, there was the seven-step process identified that we can reiterate in our Shelter Plan project for the subject P201.1. The process undertaken by the City Government of Iloilo in preparing its Local Shelter Plan 2016–2025 shows the 7 main activities:

1. Review of the Chapter on Housing of the 2011–2020 CLUP and the unfinished draft of the 2009 City Shelter Plan
2. Data Updating
3. Situational Analysis
4. Goals and Objectives Setting
5. Identification of Strategies
6. Designing of a Monitoring and Evaluation System
7. Preparation of an Implementation Plan.

The 1st main activity undertaken by Iloilo City was the review of the city’s 2011–2020 CLUP, which contained a chapter on housing, which substantially discussed the city’s shelter needs.

The 2nd main activity was the updating of data, which included those culled from the 2011–2020 CLUP and the computations made in 2009 for the draft City Shelter Plan. The activity also included the retrieval of documents and gathering of information from different agencies, which became the basis of computation or inputs for analysis.

The 3rd main activity was the conduct of a situational analysis which looked into the city’s current and emerging housing situation and needs. The activity also involved the identification of the type of assistance that the city can extend to its targeted housing beneficiaries.

The 4th main activity was vision, goals and objectives setting, wherein the city’s vision, goals and objectives or targets of the local housing programs were set.

The 5th main activity was the Identification of Strategies.

The 6th main activity was the designing of a monitoring and evaluation system, which is intended to provide implementors with immediate and relevant information that will help ensure effective and efficient delivery of shelter and shelter-related services all through the plan implementation process.

The 7th and last main activity was the preparation of an implementation plan. Whereas in formulating strategies the composite team answered the question: “How can the problem be solved?” The implementation plan answers the question: “What needs to be done” by outlining the details involved in actually undertaking the strategy.